CULTURETECHLENScut 'em off
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Combined Graph record U-00729 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0328. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDOCE) entry (fetched in full 2026-10-17): 'cut somebody off (phrasal verb, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English) 5. to stop having a friendly relationship with someone — 'Julia had been completely cut off by all her family and friends.'' — Green's has no relationship sense for cut off (only 'cut-off, n. a firearm'). Longman (Pearson, published dictionary) carries the exact sense. Cambridge's adjacent sense: 'to cause a person or place to become separate, or cause someone to be or feel alone'.
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDOCE) entry (fetched in full 2026-10-17): 'cut somebody off (phrasal verb, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English) 5. to stop having a friendly relationship with someone — 'Julia had been completely cut off by all her family and friends.'' — Green's has no relationship sense for cut off (only 'cut-off, n. a firearm'). Longman (Pearson, published dictionary) carries the exact sense.
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (LDOCE) entry (fetched in full 2026-10-17): 'cut somebody off (phrasal verb, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English) 5. to stop having a friendly relationship with someone — 'Julia had been completely cut off by all her family and friends.'' — Green's has no relationship sense for cut off (only 'cut-off, n. a firearm'). Longman (Pearson, published dictionary) carries the exact sense. Cambridge's adjacent sense: 'to cause a person or place to become separate, or cause someone to be or feel alone'.
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